New Mexico ER wait times by hospital
How long a typical emergency room visit lasts at 32 New Mexico hospitals, from arrival to going home, ranked shortest to longest.
In an emergency, call 911. These are yearly medians, not live wait times. Don't pick an ER from this list when someone needs help now.
New Mexico median
2 hr 48 min
+20 min vs US US median is 2 hr 28 min
Under 2 hours
5 ERs
2 take 4 hours or more
New Mexico emergency rooms ranked by median visit time
Times are for patients treated and sent home, not admitted. The bar shows each ER against the slowest in the state; the tick marks the New Mexico median.
How to read this list
Each time is the median for a full year, so half of visits were shorter and half longer. Busy hospitals treat sicker patients, so a longer time is not by itself a mark against a hospital. "Left before seen" is the share of patients who walked out before a clinician saw them. How this measure works.
Showing the 25 shortest of 32 hospitals
| # | Hospital | Median visit | Left before seen | ER volume | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holy Cross Hospital a Div of Taos Health SystemsTaos 3% left before seen Low volume ★ 1/5 CMS | 1 hr 32 min 1 hr 16 min faster | 3% | Low | |
| 2 | Artesia General HospitalArtesia 2% left before seen Low volume | 1 hr 39 min 1 hr 9 min faster | 2% | Low | Not rated |
| 3 | Dr Dan C Trigg Memorial HospitalTucumcari 0% left before seen Low volume | 1 hr 53 min 55 min faster | 0% | Low | Not rated |
| 4 | Cibola General HospitalGrants | 1 hr 55 min 53 min faster | Not reported | Not reported | Not rated |
| 5 | Miners' Colfax Medical CenterRaton | 1 hr 58 min 50 min faster | Not reported | Not reported | Not rated |
| 6 | Roswell Regional HospitalRoswell 1% left before seen Low volume ★ 2/5 CMS | 2 hr 10 min 38 min faster | 1% | Low | |
| 7 | Union County General HospitalClayton | 2 hr 12 min 36 min faster | Not reported | Not reported | Not rated |
| 8 | Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care ServicesGallup 4% left before seen Low volume | 2 hr 16 min 32 min faster | 4% | Low | Not rated |
| 9 | Socorro General HospitalSocorro 2% left before seen Low volume | 2 hr 19 min 29 min faster | 2% | Low | Not rated |
| 10 | Lincoln County Medical CenterRuidoso 2% left before seen Low volume ★ 2/5 CMS | 2 hr 26 min 22 min faster | 2% | Low | |
| 11 | Mimbres Valley Medical CenterDeming 2% left before seen Low volume | 2 hr 28 min 20 min faster | 2% | Low | Not rated |
| 12 | Three Crosses Regional HospitalLas Cruces 3% left before seen Low volume ★ 3/5 CMS | 2 hr 31 min 17 min faster | 3% | Low | |
| 13 | Lovelace Westside HospitalAlbuquerque 2% left before seen Medium volume ★ 4/5 CMS | 2 hr 39 min 9 min faster | 2% | Medium | |
| 14 | Mountain View Regional Medical CenterLas Cruces 3% left before seen High volume ★ 2/5 CMS | 2 hr 41 min 7 min faster | 3% | High | |
| 15 | Roosevelt General HospitalPortales 3% left before seen Low volume | 2 hr 42 min 6 min faster | 3% | Low | Not rated |
| 16 | Espanola HospitalEspanola 4% left before seen Medium volume | 2 hr 48 min At state median | 4% | Medium | Not rated |
| 17 | Los Alamos Medical CenterLos Alamos 2% left before seen Low volume | 2 hr 48 min At state median | 2% | Low | Not rated |
| 18 | Covenant Health Hobbs HospitalHobbs 3% left before seen Medium volume ★ 3/5 CMS | 2 hr 50 min 2 min slower | 3% | Medium | |
| 19 | St Vincent HospitalSanta Fe 1% left before seen High volume ★ 4/5 CMS | 2 hr 53 min 5 min slower | 1% | High | |
| 20 | Sierra Vista HospitalTruth Or Consequences 0% left before seen Low volume | 2 hr 55 min 7 min slower | 0% | Low | Not rated |
| 21 | Eastern New Mexico Medical CenterRoswell 2% left before seen Medium volume ★ 1/5 CMS | 3 hr 8 min 20 min slower | 2% | Medium | |
| 22 | San Juan Regional Medical CenterFarmington 7% left before seen Very high volume ★ 2/5 CMS | 3 hr 10 min 22 min slower | 7% | Very high | |
| 23 | Gila Regional Medical CenterSilver City 2% left before seen Low volume ★ 2/5 CMS | 3 hr 11 min 23 min slower | 2% | Low | |
| 24 | Plains Regional Medical Center ClovisClovis 5% left before seen Medium volume ★ 2/5 CMS | 3 hr 12 min 24 min slower | 5% | Medium | |
| 25 | Carlsbad Medical CenterCarlsbad 3% left before seen Medium volume ★ 1/5 CMS | 3 hr 12 min 24 min slower | 3% | Medium | |
| 26 | CHRISTUS Southern New MexicoAlamogordo 2% left before seen Medium volume ★ 3/5 CMS | 3 hr 22 min 34 min slower | 2% | Medium | |
| 27 | Lovelace Women's HospitalAlbuquerque 2% left before seen Medium volume ★ 4/5 CMS | 3 hr 25 min 37 min slower | 2% | Medium | |
| 28 | Memorial Medical CenterLas Cruces 1% left before seen Medium volume ★ 2/5 CMS | 3 hr 26 min 38 min slower | 1% | Medium | |
| 29 | Lovelace Medical CenterAlbuquerque 2% left before seen Medium volume ★ 2/5 CMS | 3 hr 32 min 44 min slower | 2% | Medium | |
| 30 | Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical CenterSanta Fe 4% left before seen Medium volume ★ 5/5 CMS | 3 hr 45 min 57 min slower | 4% | Medium | |
| 31 | UNM HospitalAlbuquerque 2% left before seen Very high volume ★ 2/5 CMS | 4 hr 33 min 1 hr 45 min slower | 2% | Very high | |
| 32 | Presbyterian HospitalAlbuquerque 8% left before seen Very high volume ★ 2/5 CMS | 4 hr 40 min 1 hr 52 min slower | 8% | Very high |
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ER wait times in New Mexico's largest cities
Median visit time across the hospitals listed in each city. Pick a city to filter the list above.
| City | ERs | Median | Shortest in the city |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 hr 39 min | Roswell Regional Hospital · 2 hr 10 min | |
| 3 | 2 hr 41 min | Three Crosses Regional Hospital · 2 hr 31 min | |
| 2 | 3 hr 19 min | St Vincent Hospital · 2 hr 53 min | |
| 5 | 3 hr 32 min | Lovelace Westside Hospital · 2 hr 39 min |
Questions about New Mexico ER wait times
Which New Mexico ER has the shortest wait?
Holy Cross Hospital a Div of Taos Health Systems in Taos, with a median visit of 1 hr 32 min. Artesia General Hospital in Artesia is next at 1 hr 39 min.
Which New Mexico ER has the longest wait?
Presbyterian Hospital, at 4 hr 40 min. The busiest emergency departments tend to have the longest visits because they treat more patients and more complex cases.
How long is the average ER visit in New Mexico?
The median is 2 hr 48 min, 20 min longer than the US median of 2 hr 28 min. 5 of 32 New Mexico ERs come in under two hours and 2 take four hours or more.
Are these live wait times?
No. They are 12-month medians for patients who were treated and sent home, published by CMS. They show what is typical, not what is happening tonight. In an emergency, call 911.
Why are big hospitals slower?
Low-volume New Mexico ERs have a median visit of 2 hr 26 min. High and very-high-volume ERs come in at 3 hr 10 min. Large hospitals see more patients and sicker ones, and many are trauma centers.
ER wait times in neighboring states
Source: CMS Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting, measure OP-18b (median time from ED arrival to departure for discharged patients), published July 2026. Updated when CMS publishes new data.
Hospitals with too few cases to report are not listed; they still have a page in the New Mexico hospital directory. Campuses that CMS reports under one facility number appear once. Not affiliated with CMS.